Some artists make brilliant records and

rubbish records...Why?? And who are they??

E.G. Stevie Wonder-Uptight(brilliant).......Just called To Say l Love You(dire)

Kool And The Gang-Funky Stuff(top)....Celebration(crap)

Commodores- The Zoo(great)....Three Times A Lady (yuk)

Anymore out there??

You know you're gonna get told off for this don't you....can think of a few but don't want to perpetuate the opinion that I have no soul...lol

KTF

Baz

Some artists make brilliant records and

rubbish records...Why?? And who are they??

E.G. Stevie Wonder-Uptight(brilliant).......Just called To Say l Love You(dire)

Kool And The Gang-Funky Stuff(top)....Celebration(crap)

Commodores- The Zoo(great)....Three Times A Lady (yuk)

Anymore out there??

Some artists make brilliant records and

rubbish records...Why?? And who are they??

E.G. Stevie Wonder-Uptight(brilliant).......Just called To Say l Love You(dire)

Kool And The Gang-Funky Stuff(top)....Celebration(crap)

Commodores- The Zoo(great)....Three Times A Lady (yuk)

Anymore out there??

Got to reply to this one

Ok,"I just called to say" is not the best Stevie Wonder song of all time,It was recorded as part of a movie soundtrack,"The woman in red" I think,Not on the top of my all time ten but it sold millions all over the world,That don't make it a good song tho I do agree,

I thought Funky Stuff was crap and I still do,Celebration was a PURE DISCO record,and nothing more,If you were to ask Robert Bell which record gave him more pleasure (or dosh) I think Celebration would be his choice,

Never liked The Human Zoo or 3 times a lady,I think the Commodores enjoyed 3 times a little bit more tho!!!

Webby! mate these comments are a bit of a throwback to the discussions about LOVE or DISLIKE thread,

As I stated then and do now,Not one artist releases a track hoping its a bummer,they might think they are but IT'S all down to making some dosh,

But while we are at it "Get Down On It" was a shite Kool & the Gang record,But "Nothings To Good For My Baby" is for me a classic Stevie tune,A lot better than the likes of Masterblaster(jammin),

It's all about the times of release and types of audience"buyers",

If Stevie Wonder had released "I Just Called",in 68 it would have had a different backing track,The same for Celebration in 1977 it would have been a Mecca / New York disco tune

Ah well thank god for free speach

KTF

Grant

Sam Cooke - Sugar dumpling (Tops) Frankie and Johnny (not so good)

Pointer Sisters - Send Him Back (Tops) Slow Hand (dire)

a few examples

Jackie Wilson - Who Who Song (among many others..) - excellent even if I can't dance to it any more

Jackie Wilson - Danny Boy - Dear god, WHY??????

Jackie Wilson - Who Who Song (among many others..) - excellent even if I can't dance to it any more

Jackie Wilson - Danny Boy - Dear god, WHY??????

ha ha, I clicked on this thread to add Jackie Wilson, I was reducing some of his weaker 45s from my collection the other day & he really does have some clunkers on 45s, pretty much the king of "one sider" 45s for a while in the late 50s/early 60s it seems. Some of his LP filler is pretty cheesy whitewashed pop as well. But realistically almost every artist who was striving for some sort of crossover or mainstream success will have some shockers in their catalog.

ha ha, I clicked on this thread to add Jackie Wilson, I was reducing some of his weaker 45s from my collection the other day & he really does have some clunkers on 45s, pretty much the king of "one sider" 45s for a while in the late 50s/early 60s it seems. Some of his LP filler is pretty cheesy whitewashed pop as well. But realistically almost every artist who was striving for some sort of crossover or mainstream success will have some shockers in their catalog.

bet they didnt have these northern /crossover/disco /funky debates way back then though

bet the soul police never darkened their doors

and OVO no arguements

Some artists make brilliant records and

rubbish records...Why?? And who are they??

E.G. Stevie Wonder-Uptight(brilliant).......Just called To Say l Love You(dire)

Kool And The Gang-Funky Stuff(top)....Celebration(crap)

Commodores- The Zoo(great)....Three Times A Lady (yuk)

Anymore out there??

woulnt even consider some of those you say are brill as northern mate

Some artists make brilliant records and

rubbish records...Why?? And who are they??

E.G. Stevie Wonder-Uptight(brilliant).......Just called To Say l Love You(dire)

Kool And The Gang-Funky Stuff(top)....Celebration(crap)

Commodores- The Zoo(great)....Three Times A Lady (yuk)

Anymore out there??

eddie daye "guess who loves you" absolute abortion of a record!

"lean on me" totally stonking!

woulnt even consider some of those you say are brill as northern mate

why do they have to be Northern?

Sam Cooke - Sugar dumpling (Tops) Frankie and Johnny (not so good)

Pointer Sisters - Send Him Back (Tops) Slow Hand (dire)

a few examples

...Er, have you got those the wrong way round, Paul?

Now't at all wrong with either "Frankie & Johnny" OR "Slow Hand" (especially not "Slow Hand", a great soul record).

"Sugar Dumpling" is definitely not Sam the man's finest hour and "Send Him Back" is merely so so, although neither are 'bad' in the way that Jackie Wilson doing "Danny Boy" (or for that matter, ANY soul artists doing "Danny Boy" - and there are a few!) is...

Edited May 8, 200916 yr by TONY ROUNCE

Joe Tex

"All The Heaven A Man Really Needs" & "Ain't Gonna Bump No More.................................."

Joe Tex

"All The Heaven A Man Really Needs" & "Ain't Gonna Bump No More.................................."

Joe Tex "All the Heaven......" Accy Legion classic.

Only The Carstairs got more votes in our 1974 record of the year.

Joe Tex "All the Heaven......" Accy Legion classic.

Only The Carstairs got more votes in our 1974 record of the year.

Yes Dave - it was you guys who first played it. Remember hearing it at an Accy All Dayer - bagged it the week later - super record.